Artist:The Rural Alberta Advantage
Song:Under the Knife
Album:Departing
The Rural Alberta Advantage is an indie band that has had success mostly in their native Canada. They are led by singer songwriter Nils Edenloff. He's from Alberta but he moved to Toronto because that's the center of the music business in Canada. He met the other members of The Rural Alberta Advantage at an open mic night at a Toronto club in 2005. The band name came from an email Edenloff sent to his brother when he was planning a trip home. The other members of the band are Amy Cole on bass and Paul Banwatt on drums. After recording a demo and releasing an EP, The Rural Alberta Advantage signed with Paper Bag Records, a Toronto based management and record label best known for the Tokyo Police Club. Label co-owner and recording studio owner Roger Leavens produced the 2008 album Hometowns. Then they got a US record deal with Saddle Creek Records, an Omaha based label owned by singer songwriter Conor Oberst's brother. Under the Knife is from their second album Departing which was released in 2011. It's available as a digital download. The Rural Alberta Advantage have had modest chart success and have been nominated for Junos and the Polaris Music Prize. Most of their success is due to touring. Their latest album The Wild was released in 2017 and they released an EP recently. They are currently on a Canadian tour and they will tour the US in 2023. Edenloff writes and produces everything so he could be a solo act. I assume he likes the anonymity of a band. Here's The Rural Alberta Advantage or more specifically Nils Edenloff and his piano performing Under the Knife at what appears to be a Toronto church 2011.
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